For 46 years, the answer to who killed Lindy Sue Biechler remained a mystery. But with the help of DNA lifted from a coffee cup earlier this year, investigators were able to charge a man with the stabbing of the 19-year-old woman in 1975.
But with the help of DNA lifted from a coffee cup earlier this year, investigators were able to charge a Pennsylvania man with the stabbing of the 19-year-old woman in 1975. Biechler's aunt and uncle found her dead in her apartment December 5, 1975, with 19 stab wounds, lying on her back with a knife sticking out of her neck and with a tea towel wrapped around the wooden handle, the Lancaster County District Attorney's Office said in a news release.
This cold case is the first genetic genealogy arrest to go to trialIn January 2019, the investigation gained new traction after it was taken on by the Lancaster County District Attorney's Cold Case Unit, which enlisted the help of Parabon NanoLabs months later to analyze DNA obtained in the case.Sinopoli was identified as a possible person of interest, CeCe Moore, researcher with Parabon NanoLabs, said at a news conference Monday.
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